Aurora Contest Team LA8W - LN8W

The Powerpoint slides used in the satellite beginners session at the Leicester Amateur Radio Show, are now available on the web

William Leijenaar, PE1RAH, has developed a small 435 to 145 MHz (mode UV) linear transponder that will fit into a cubesat

The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity

The Daily Telegraph newspaper published a letter on Light Bulb Pollution by RSGB EMC committee member Dr David Lauder G0SNO

On Thursday the UK regulator Ofcom published its draft Annual Plan 2009/10 for consultation. The plan sets out Ofcom's proposed work programme for the next financial year starting in April 2009

The US media concern Viacom, which owns amongst other things the music channel MTV and the Paramount film studios, has announced plans to cut 850 jobs, about 7 percent of the workforce, as a result of the financial downturn

Just image driving along the road and your car starts to vibrate? Is it an earthquake you think, a service overdue or are the wheels about to fall off? No, it will be a blast from the latest low frequency howler being fitted to ambulances

The 4M5DX Group will be activating Toas Island for the Venezuela Islands Award between December 9th and 12th

The KN4LF Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2008-35 has been published on Friday 4th December 2008 at 1500 UTC

Astronomers from Caltech and NASA are predicting a near-storm of Leonids in 2009 based on a surprising outburst of meteors just two weeks ago

A not unexpected bumper weekend for CW enthusiasts but a dull week for everyone else. Yes there was some DX about, but not a lot

ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that a further three operations have now been approved for DXCC credit

The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) have made available a Final Plenary Minutes document from the IARU Region 1 conference that took place recently in Cavtat, Croatia

The fourth edition of the Radio Frequency Plan for Ireland has been published by Ireland's regulator ComReg

NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012

Dr Helmuth Spieler, W6KDX, will stay on the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole station from December 5 until January 5, 2009

Issues 1-16 of the AMSAT Orbit magazine can now be downloaded from the web

The annual Port Elizabeth ARS HF QSO get-together is scheduled for Sunday 7 December 2008 and not the 14th of December as stated in our previous news item

Nicolas, F4EGX, continues to be active as FT5YI from the French scientific station 'Dumont D' Urville' during his free time until mid-December

The six-week course, to be held at Danbury Village Hall in Essex, is not just boring theory, but a whole load of fun as well !